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This is a list of markers at Madison area Indian mounds.
 
By Jim Schaettle, July 11, 2020
Marker is now missing.
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — Madison is an Indian mound capital — The Madison Heritage Series
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard at East Wilson Street, on the right when traveling south on Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Reported missing.
2 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison, Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara — 93 — Lizard Effigy Mound — 500-1000 A.D. —
Near Lakeland Avenue at Hudson Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
3 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — Conical Mound — 0 - 400 A.D. —
Near Meadowlark Drive 0.1 miles north of Woodvale Drive, on the right when traveling north.
4 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison, Vilas — Indian Mounds —
On Erin Street at Wingra Street, on the left when traveling west on Erin Street.
5 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — 34 — Bird Effigy Mound — 500-1000 A.D. —
Near Burrows Road 0.1 miles west of Sherman Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
6 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — Bird Effigy —
On Observatory Drive 0.2 miles west of Charter Street, on the left when traveling west.
7 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison, Schenk-Atwood-Starkweather-Yahara — 94 — Bear and Lynx Effigy Mounds — 500-1000 A.D. —
Near Lakeland Avenue at Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
8 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — Turtle Effigy —
On Observatory Drive 0.2 miles west of Charter Street, on the left when traveling west.
9 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison, Vilas — Bear — Wah-Zhe-Dah —
Near Vilas Avenue near Campbell Street, on the left when traveling west.
10 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — Eagle Effigy —
Near Cinder Lane at Muir Drive.
11 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — 2 — Mound City — Lake Monona: People —
Near Wilson Street at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling west.
12 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Madison — University Creek Group —
Near Observatory Drive 0.2 miles west of Elm Drive, on the right when traveling west.
13 ► Wisconsin, Dane County, Shorewood Hills, Spring Harbor — Blackhawk Country Club Mound Group —
On Lake Mendota Drive 0.4 miles east of Merrill Springs Road, on the left when traveling east.
 
 
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Nov. 11, 2026